The Serpent and the Rainbow Page #4

What I'm after is the powder.

The powder.

Some say there is such a thing.

Some say it.

I guess Celine was wrong. This guy

can't help us out. I'm sorry.

Celine? Lucien Celine?

Well, of course, of course.

Lucien and me, we are like that.

A man should help his friends.

$1,000.

$700.

$400, tops.

For Celine...

...$500.

All right. Let's see what you got.

I have some powder already prepared.

You like it, blanc, huh? It is beautiful.

Come in.

With this powder,

you must be very careful.

I make it so there is no second chance.

$500, huh?

How do we know it works?

- You want proof?

- Yeah.

Marie!

Don't worry. You have enough

for ten zombies, huh?

Yes.

You are very beautiful.

Are you looking for work?

He may keep you better,

but I will love you longer.

So you see, blanc?

No second chance. So, the money?

The money?

That you get tomorrow, when I see

you raise the goat from the dead.

I wanna see the goat alive again.

Zombies, remember?

It's too dangerous to wait at the hotel,

so we lose ourselves in the pilgrimage.

And though I came for the powder...

... I'm getting into

something much, much more.

You know, I still have a hard time

putting you and all that stuff together.

I was brought up in the faith.

My father was a houngan.

I was dedicated to Erzulie at four.

First ridden - possessed,

if you will - at eight.

- There is beauty and compassion in it.

- Oh, yeah, I can understand that.

- But you're a psychiatrist first.

- There is no conflict...

...between my science and my faith.

You can give it whatever words

you will, but in Haiti...

...our God is not just in His heaven.

He's in our bodies, our flesh.

There's something you should see.

What is this ceremony?

Voodoo or Catholic?

Haiti is 85% Catholic, but 110% voodoo.

For us, Erzulie and the Virgin Mary

are the same.

Blanc.

Blanc.

Blanc.

Are you all right, Dennis?

Yeah. It was just a dream.

I had a bad dream.

She tells me this is

one of the cathedrals of Haiti.

A place not only of great beauty,

but of great spirit as well.

And maybe the place is magic.

These waters are healing.

WWBC in Miami reporting.

The word is official now.

Responding to months

of demonstrations...

... the Duvalier government in Haiti

has declared martial law.

Police and military units have imposed

a strict curfew from sundown to sunup...

It was crazy. One minute

to be in such beauty and peace...

... the next surrounded by secret police,

the Tontons Macoutes.

Strangest of all,

in the middle of all this...

... I couldn't get my mind off

the zombie, Christophe.

Why would they do such a thing to him?

Why would they make

anybody a zombie?

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